Capes, vampire weddings, werecrocs and flying mounts

Spottswoode · February 2016

kenpachi480 wrote: »

that Pixar made a movie about made up superheroes who have no real own universe of lore,. its hardly a argument you could make with that video,. now if it was Marvel or DC who made that movie,. it would be a different thing,. but further you say sane stuff, just wanted to respond to the video

The point of the video is that capes, cloaks, and robes are actually a liability.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CapeSnag
Twofold given that they rob performance.

https://youtu.be/Y2mdFnO1uBI

jircris11 · February 2016

runagate wrote: »

What is it about this short list of topics that seem to plague certain MMORPGers with absurd obsession?

Capes
Werewolves and Vampires
Flying Mounts

The very short 3 months I played some WoW on a friend's account to help him grind levels was right before the first expansion and I remember getting a flying mount and thinking, "There are some carebears that are just freaking the hell out about this right now."

I was sort of amazed because I played Asheron's Call way, way back in the day and the developers only ever made a very, very rare utterance, and only something gnomic that didn't remotely address the issue of the day, endemic problems that had been the focus of constant, heated ranting or the like. Yet there was always this subset of players that were completely and utterly devoted to begging for (1) Capes and (2) Flying Mounts.

When I started playing this game I noticed that the people who tend to post about WW and vampire topics have the most embarrassingly unselfconscious and (even for MMO players) dorky ideas and weird lusts. I wonder how many threads there are about how a particular race wouldn't transform into a wolf, or how immersion-breaking it is for NPCs not to recognize their cult-assigned four-way marriage statuses. The same sort of thing seems to apply to begging for capes and flying mounts.

If you play a werebear and you have a bear pet and mount, when you transform back into a biped do your pet and mount turn into a hairy baby human and a big, burly man to ride around on? Would NPCs change their dialogue to reflect your man/bear mount/rider relationship and the custody battle you're in over who gets the pet/boy on the weekends?

A flying carpet could also be used as a cape, but it would always ride up like ill-fitting underwear and flip over your head and blind you in combat.

Underwerewolves is totz going to be my new PvP/RP guild's name when I reroll a toon in the E(r)P faction.

Why those particular things? Why not lore continuity or DLCs based in their race's lands that are in other games or one of the other usual nerd topics? There's a bit of that, but the truly awkward always seemed dead set on playing vampires in capes or being werewolves on flying unicorns?

no capes, i rather have a cloak. If you dont know the difference google it XD as for vamp and ww they have been in TES lore for ages. Flying mounts i would say no to.

EnemyOfDaState · February 2016

Seriously? All the people who cry about clipping and yet people still want capes?

Spottswoode · February 2016

EnemyOfDaState wrote: »

Seriously? All the people who cry about clipping and yet people still want capes?

Nbs wanna run around Cyrodiil and pretend to be Batman.

EnemyOfDaState · February 2016

Spottswoode wrote: »

EnemyOfDaState wrote: »

Seriously? All the people who cry about clipping and yet people still want capes?

Nbs wanna run around Cyrodiil and pretend to be Batman.

It's really dumb. I mean I get they look cool but having moving capes would not only have ridiculous clipping issues but would more then likely increase lag.

Duiwel · February 2016

A constructive suggestion:

Disable capes in PVP ( just like they disabled the pets in PVP )...

I really don't mind the clipping because the cool factor would be worth some clipping during fights and movements

I see why they didn't add them to the game now though... When the Cultists summon the Dark Anchors the cape would suck up and you would've been taken to cold harbour... Good thing we don't have them ref: that video of the Pixar hero

EnemyOfDaState · February 2016

Duiwel wrote: »

A constructive suggestion:

Disable capes in PVP ( just like they disabled the pets in PVP )...

I really don't mind the clipping because the cool factor would be worth some clipping during fights and movements

I see why they didn't add them to the game now though... When the Cultists summon the Dark Anchors the cape would suck up and you would've been taken to cold harbour... Good thing we don't have them ref: that video of the Pixar hero

I wouldn't mind if they disabled them in pvp, but you and I both know the only reason anyone wants a cape is to show it off in pvp.

CherryCake · February 2016

I am totally up for capes... I remember the first time I watched the trailer with the awesome caped breton and then get in game and realize I will never get that. I understand why it would be a problem, I can imagine everybody walking around with a cape and the lag would be even worse (and there are people that want to merge all platforms...) ...

But at least we got some teenager or grandma hairstyles to make up for it

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Spottswoode · February 2016

It's mostly client sided. So you wouldn't have network issues,. Your graphics would choke, but you wouldn't experience connection issues. Although it would look about the same.

Also because it's client side it can be disabled most of the time.

MornaBaine · February 2016

Duiwel wrote: »

WARNING: MANY PICTURES BELOW

Cloaks/ Capes don't need to be uncool I mean look at this Royal cloak that fit over the royal robes...

You dare say Talos' cape is not lore friendly?

^ quick Google search. Note all of those are Lore friendly and official outfits.

Now for a longer more in depth look @ capes, mantles and cloaks ( also note the picture with heavy armour, helmet and a face mask on the Tower guard picture )

Thank you though OP I never had pics of cloaks on my pc or on Google, but your post motivated me to search for them and now I have some cool ideas.

Let's start off with one for both male and female characters

Without cape:

With Cape:

Another picture to illustrate that capes just add something capes on the left, cape-less armour on right:

Without cape:

With Cape:

http://cdn.hbowatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Game_of_Thrones-Ned-Stark-Season-2.jpg

Another with:

And without:

http://www.historicroyalpalaces.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/440x440/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/3/0/30161533.jpg

without cape

The guy on the left has a material cloak over his armour

^ adding that there not to spit on the lore, that is the MOST slick looking cape I could find and I am sure the best Tailors in Cyrodiil or Daggerfall can craft equally slick looking monotone capes. So ignore the Daedric possessed blade the masked imposter is wearing.

As you have amply illustrated, capes and cloaks are awesome. I've seldom seen them implemented well into games though, which is tragic. Also sad is the admission by games makers that they lack the know-how to make it happen. I just wantto look at them and go, "It's 2016. Figure it out already!"